[Sweden]Transgender actress mourns her "compulsory sterilization"Many countries typically seen as progressive on LGBT rights continue to mandate the practice.Aleksa Lundberg remembers being 4 years old and standing by the kindergarten’s wading pool. The teachers began separating the children into groups for an autumnal walk through the nearby woods, ushering boys to one side, girls to another. Lundberg remembers being unsure which side to choose.

[Kenya]Grappling with being a transgenderWhen the Capital News crew meets up with Natasha Saitoti, she hugs us happily. She has just come from a visit to a hair salon in Nairobi’s South B estate.The 20-year old swings her freshly done braids to the back of her head in an effort to brush them from her well made up face. The expertly applied make up leaves a radiant face that matches her dark brown skin colour on the rest of her body.Her eyebrows are neatly trimmed. The eye shadow is pink.She evenly distributes the lip shine as gets ready for the interview.Carefully she sits at the corner of a two-seater sofa, and crosses her legs, again throwing the few braids blocking her eyes backwards.But Natasha Saitoti, is not a girl. She was born a boy.

[USA] [Commentary]Media Misrepresents Transgender Children in Colorado Girl Scouts CoverageOn its face, the story of a trangender girl in Colorado who was initially rejected, but then welcomed, by the state chapter of the Girl Scouts is a celebratory one. Studies have shown us that transgender people are among the most marginalized groups in the country (if not THE most), so to see this child expressing herself, seeking to join a venerable institution like the Girl Scouts, and eventually being accepted was an incredibly positive sign, and would have served as a perfect happy ending to this story – if some in the media had let it.